Mini-Review: Denzel is being Denzel and the others do just enough to carry him but not more. It is hardly original, but maybe that is too much to ask in this conservative genre. The photo is striking and there are a few great scenes, but they are connected by a long and plodding narrative. Confusingly, some scenes end in very sudden cuts that I have a hard time seeing the point of.
Mini-Review: The quintessential American movie.
Mini-Review: Slow, bleak and contrived, but I did stay to see how it turned out.
Mini-Review: I didn't buy the romance.
Mini-Review: More of the same and even more confusing.